World History For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Peter Haugen is an experienced journalist, publisher, and author. He has written several history titles and appeared in publications like History Magazine and Psychology Today.

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Project 5 Chapter 1: Project Management, MS Project, and You 7 Chapter 2: Starting the Project 23 Chapter 3: Becoming a Task Master 41 Chapter 4: The Codependent Nature of Tasks 55 Chapter 5: Estimating Task Time 67 Chapter 6: Check Out This View! 83 Part 2: Managing Resources 103 Chapter 7: Creating Resources 105 Chapter 8: Working with Calendars 121 Chapter 9: Assigning Resources 137 Chapter 10: Determining a Project's Cost 149 Part 3: Before You Baseline 159 Chapter 11: Fine-Tuning Your Plan 161 Chapter 12: Negotiating Project Constraints 175 Chapter 13: Making the Project Look Good 189 Chapter 14: It All Begins with a Baseline 207 Part 4: Staying on Track 217 Chapter 15: On the Right Track 219 Chapter 16: Project Views: Observing Progress 235 Chapter 17: You're Behind -- Now What? 249 Chapter 18: Spreading the News: Reporting 265 Part 5: Working with Sprints Projects 285 Chapter 19: Setting Up a Sprints Project 287 Chapter 20: Tracking a Sprints Project 299 Chapter 21: Getting Better All the Time 307 Part 6: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 22: Ten Golden Rules of Project Management 319 Chapter 23: Ten Cool Shortcuts in Project 327 Glossary 333 Index 341